THE podcast: building resilience and well-being among university staff and students
How university leaders and faculty can manage workloads and protect the well-being of staff and students to ensure online teaching is sustainable
How university leaders and faculty can manage workloads and protect the well-being of staff and students to ensure online teaching is sustainable
Academic writing skills are fundamental to most university courses. Andrew Struan explains how Glasgow has taken a whole-university approach to ensure all students are well equipped to succeed
STEM courses can be challenging to master online, but research by Atef Abuhmaid and Tao Tang shows a flipped classroom model improves outcomes. Here they outline the key lessons from their study
Successfully teaching online is just one part of the battle to serve students remotely. Here David Woolley talks about what universities can do outside the digital classroom to give students a fulfilling experience when they cannot attend in person
Technology supports a much more flexible approach to learning, but it is important that instructors guide students through each stage of the course to ensure they engage with content in a logical order, as Kylie Readman, Garth Maker and Astrid Davine explain
With an unprecedented global mental health crisis and rising stress among university staff, six academics come together to propose how best to support faculty and new ways of working now and well beyond the pandemic
Change can be disorienting but if it is underpinned by strong, stable values that remain constant, it is much more likely to get staff buy-in and prove successful, Claire Taylor explains
Online teaching offers valuable insight into effective pedagogy that will remain useful long after the pandemic is past, according to James Pickering, who outlines the key lessons to improve teaching design and delivery
Foreign students studying online in their home countries may be subject to strict press controls, therefore educators must be careful to ensure that course content and discussions do not put students at risk, Pavin Chachavalpongpun explains
Four leading academics from around the world discuss how universities can harness technology to enhance their teaching and learning, at the virtual launch of THE Campus
Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University, speaks to THE editor John Gill about the future of higher education in a digital world
Amanda Sykes talks about how to develop online teaching resources around a set of simple guiding principles that are immediately accessible and helpful for faculty trying to get to grips with new digital pedagogies
Digital skills are key to the future employability of most graduates. Jo Coldwell-Neilson advises on how to embed digital literacy training into all aspects of online higher education
Working remotely with no face-to-face contact is a challenge for many students. May Lim and Li Siong Lim of the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) explain how educators can use technology to identify and help struggling students before they fall behind
Overwork and stress are growing issues among academics, particularly following the sudden transition to online teaching. Erin Wilson talks through how she manages her busyness to avoid burnout